Posted by ZDN on November 16, 2010
By Eddie Cross Last week the United Nations stated that three countries, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Congo, have a 'Human Development Index' lower than they had in 1970. This represents 40 years of lousy leadership and failed economic policies in all three countries. Strangely, all three are enormously rich in natural resources and have great potential. I was not at all surprised by the Congo a...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 10, 2010
NEWS RELEASE 8 November, 2010 Johannesburg: Heads of State from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have unlawfully sabotaged the SADC Tribunal and undermined the right of citizens to access justice, according to a legal opinion submitted on Friday by a group of respected legal and human rights organisations. The opinion contends that SADC leaders – particularly at the l...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 2, 2010
With the constitutional outreach meetings in Harare again ending on a violent and chaotic note Lance Guma speaks to MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa and asks him what next? Chamisa tells the programme why a negotiated constitution to produce a ‘transitional document’ might be the only way forward for now. He said the focus had to shift from the ‘process’ to the ‘content.’ [podcast]...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 27, 2010
This week on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to Tayson Mudarikiri the Programmes Manager at the Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust. Last week they launched a peace building song called Rugare aimed at youths in the country. [podcast]http://www.zimbabwedemocracynow.com/podcasts/rfr251010.mp3[/podcast] Rules for our Rulers [21:21m]: Download...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 20, 2010
Youth Alliance for Democracy on Rules for our Rulers Following revelations that less than 20% of the people who participated in the constitution making process were youths, Lance speaks to Thulani Mswelantho from the Youth Alliance for Democracy, to find out why. The participation levels are shockingly low given estimates that half of Zimbabwe’s population is made up of the youth. [podcast]h...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 13, 2010
Following the weekend announcement that a referendum on a new draft constitution will be held on the 30th of June 2011, Lance speaks to Constitutional Parliamentary Committee co-chairman, Douglas Mwonzora, and asks him about the process. What will they do about outreach meetings either abandoned or marred by violence and intimidation? Does he think the country will be ready for elections soon afte...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 8, 2010
7 OCTOBER 2010 LADIES and Gentlemen, it is with some sadness that I have to make a statement today about the state of this transitional Government. It relates to the Constitution and Sovereignty of Zimbabwe, and the principles of democracy for which my Party and I stand for. The MDC utterly rejects the notion of one-party or one-man rule. The MDC utterly rejects any suggestion that power is...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 6, 2010
Lance Guma speaks to the Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum, Gabriel Shumba, and to Innocent Chofamba Sithole from the Zimbabwe Diaspora Development Interface. The programme looks at the meeting between Zimbabwean groups in the Diaspora and the leadership of the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) this past Friday in South Africa. Another consultative meeting was held in th...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 2, 2010
Politics Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has held out at an olive branch to the MDC-M, the formation led by deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara. However, this was rebuffed by Mutambara’s secretary-general, Welshman Ncube, despite statements made by MDC-M secretary for legal affairs David Coltart who said he regretted the split and hoped that talks on reunifying the two formations would ...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on September 29, 2010
Following the violence that disrupted constitutional outreach meetings in Harare last week, Lance Guma finds out what happens next. He speaks to Nixon Nyikadzino, the Senior Advocacy and Networking Officer at the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. [podcast]http://www.zimbabwedemocracynow.com/podcasts/rfr270910.mp3[/podcast] Rules for our Rulers [16:23m]: Download...
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